Former television judge Joe Brown cannot practice law in Tennessee under an order from the state Supreme Court.

Judge Joe Brown is booked in Memphis, Tenn., on March 24, 2014, for contempt of court after becoming “verbally abusive” when informed that his case wasn’t on the docket in juvenile court.Getty Images

According to The Commercial Appeal, the state’s highest court has placed Brown on disability inactive status, which designates that a lawyer is temporarily disabled and incapacitated from practicing law. Lawyers can resume practice when they prove to the court that the disability has been removed.

Production company Celebritunity says Brown is suffering from complications from type II diabetes “and the effects of prescribed medication for the condition combined with hypertension and stress.”